Ah yes, another thing the children of Isaac and the children of Ishmael have in common

Before the Alt-right got kicked off of anything, the Puritans were kicked off of Eurbook, Eurtwitter, Eurgle, Eurtube and Eurpal

#Bill of Rights. smh

Takimag Update: The ranking slide continues, down globally 40% since April 2018 when the comments section went away and 32% in the US

We shouldn't really worry too much about China dumping $200 billion worth of US Treasury securities since 2012

China has cut its holdings of US debt to the lowest level in two years amid trade tensions:

The total has fallen by some $200 billion since the peak in 2012 . . .. Foreign government ownership of U.S. debt hit a record of $6.47 trillion, up 4% from a year ago, as the government’s total debt continues to swell and now has topped $22 trillion. Foreign residents increased their holdings by $23.9 billion.

Yeah, well, in May 2012 grand total foreign holdings came to about $5.27 trillion. In March 2019 the figure is north of that by $1.2 trillion across the globe.

US Treasury securities remain very popular, secure investments which pay better than most anything out there. Your only major alternatives paying better than for the US 10-year are Brazil, Mexico, India, Greece and Italy. Like the world is going to go shopping in those places instead of the US.

Gimme a break! 

Jobless claims return to pattern, coming in under levels a year ago at the same time

Except in the seasonally-adjusted 4-week moving average, obviously, where the recent upticks above levels a year ago at the same time are working their way through the average.

Rosie is wondering if we're already in recession

Wow, that's a lot of Joos!

Hey, what about ABC? What are they, chopped liver all of a sudden?

Pro-Obama lefty accused in fatal shooting at Colorado charter school

Devon Erickson, Colorado school shooting suspect, shared anti-Trump post on Facebook

Princeton's bestial Peter Singer, spreading their gospel

Wow, that's a lot of monet

Monet painting draws $110.7 mn at New York auction

I'll bet only 1 in 15 can locate Nebraska on a map, or correctly spell "Episcopal"

Survey: Only 2-in-15 Americans Aware of Soaring Illegal Immigration to U.S.

I'm just doing headlines tonight because the news has been so damn boring.

Where do I sign up?

Florida may create prostitution registry for pimps and johns

Take my advice, never insert a probe there

The Navy’s probe into sky penis

Doesn't the Navy have anything better to do?

That's because sports last longer (more to remember)

Men don’t think about sex every 7 seconds – we’re more likely to be thinking about football instead: Almost 65 per cent of lads admitted to thinking about football more than sex, a new study has revealed

Bernie's support among 18-29s drops 12 points between March and May in Morning Consult poll

Poll: Sanders support among young voters drops sharply

Labor's share of income nosedived in the '90s after NAFTA, briefly recovered and then tanked as globalization/China took over

Do you feel richer? Well do ya?

Employers call all the shots, and you get the crumbs from your masters' tables, if you are lucky. 

Stop voting for the free-traders and libertarian lunatics of the two major parties.

Neel Kashkari and other Fed members seem aware at least of the nosedive in labor's share of business income, but are oblivious to its roots in globalization

Fooling around with interest rates isn't going to bring back the core manufacturing businesses which once formed the hubs of American middle class prosperity. That will be just as ineffectual as it has been throughout the Obama administration. Why should it work now all of a sudden when it hasn't worked for ten years?

Well, what else would you expect from the man tasked with implementing the useless TARP sideshow?

Neel Kashkari still hasn't got a clue, but he sure does sound like the workers' friend.

Kashkari Says Worker Bargaining Power Should Inform Fed's Stance: 

Minneapolis Fed chief links rates to labor share in interview

Kashkari’s break from Fed tradition on inequality adds to the case for keeping interest rates low. He suggested faster wage growth and low unemployment may not be putting much upward pressure on inflation because workers have lost a lot of their bargaining power in recent decades, echoing a point Fed Vice Chairman Richard Clarida has made. ...

Ed Morrissey remembers Doris Day, who has passed away at 97

Doris Day: America’s Sweetheart

Doris Day - Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be Will Be) - YouTube

Sea sponge pins tweet about catastrophe in 12 years

In defense of Ben Shapiro, the BBC's Andrew Neil was more than happy to smear Shapiro as a fascist after the fact: Just more good old fashioned Tory anti-semitism

Germany's Jews were unprepared too, Ben. Andrew Neil was ready for you.